Device for loading and stiffening rugs.



N0. 7|7,2|3. Patented Dec. 30, I902.

F. E. KINDGEN.

DEVICE FOR LOADING AND STIFFENING BUGS.

(Application filed Feb. 12. 1902) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-$heet I.

I No. 7|7,2|3. Patented Dec. 30, [902.

F. E. KINDGEN. DEVICE FOR LOADING AND STIFFENING BUGS.

(Application filed feb. 12, 1902. (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICE.

FREDERICK EDWARD KINDGEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR LOADING AND STIFFENING RUGS.

$PEGIIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,213, dated December 30, 1902.

Application filed February 12, 1902. Serial No. 93,790. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK EDWARD KINDGEN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, New York, State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Loading and Stiffening Rugs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved rug,

' while walking thereover or from other causes,

and do not lie straight and flat as intended. In order to fully meet the desideratum, it is not sufficient to merely weight a rug at the corners or at intervals along the edges, for the edges would then turn up or curl along the intervals between the weights, nor yet to secure along the edges a solid or stiff strip of metal or other substance, for this would impair the flexibility of the rug and interfere with its being folded or rolled, ,as desired. 1 have obviated the objections noted and attained the desired end by providing a strip of suitable flexible material provided with a continuous series of pockets containing fiat thin weights and adapted to be suitably secured along the edges of the rug. It will be observed that such a construction will satisfy all the requirements in that it loads and stilfens the edges of the rug along the entire line thereof, while permitting the same to retains its flexible character.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an inverted perspective view of my improved rug. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same rolled up. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail side elevation of the rug, several of the weights thereof being shown in section. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail bottom plan view, illustrating a portion of the pockets removed to expose several of the weights.

The numeral 1 represents a rug, and 2 a section of fabric which supports weights 5. The fabric 2 is preferably folded longitudinally to form'the top and bottom of pockets 3, after which it'is stitched transversely, as at 4. Acontinuous row of pockets 3 are thus provided, each having one end open. Into the open end of each pocket is inserted a metal weight 5. The weights are thin and of a size and shape to fit the pockets, and when inserted therein the open ends of said pockets are closed and stitched, as at 6. This arrangement forms a continuous flexible row of inclosed weights spaced apart, and they are severed in suitable lengths and fastened to the under side of the rug. The flexibility of the rug is preserved on all edges, as the weights atthe ends are placed at an angle to those on the sides of the rug. It matters not then whether the rug is rolled or folded longitudinally or transversely, as the weights do not interfere with the operation. Obviously the pockets may be formed by employing two strips and sewing them together at suitable and regular intervals; but, as before stated, for economy and convenience I prefer the folding of a single strip.

It should be observed that the end in view requires that there should be no greater intervals between any two adjacent weights than is necessary to secure the flexibility of the weight, so that when the same is secured to a rug the weights will extend continuously along the entire line of the edge; otherwise the turning up or curling is apt to take place along the intervals between the weights. It will be noticed that the weights being fiat and thin serve to load and stiffen the edges of the rug along which they are attached without raising to any appreciable degree the parts where the device is attached, and the flexibility of my weighting device permits it at any time to conform to the shape of the rug andallows it to be folded or rolled, as desired.

What I claim as new is I 1. As a new article of manufactureflt rug having a strip of flexible material along two or more of its edges, stitches transverseof the flexible strip of material to form separated provided adjacent all its edges with a textile band with a, continuous row of separated and individual pockets therein, an individual weight in each pocket, the pockets being formed bystitching thetextile band, whereby Witnesses:

the necessaryindependence of the Weights in SIDNEY R. PERRY, rolling 0r folding the rug is permitted. EMMA W. FINLAYSON.

Signed by me at New York, State of New York, this 10th day of February, 1902.

F. EDWARD KIND GEN. 

